Masters in Fine Art

Explore, experiment, create and develop your art practice in a supportive, collegiate and nurturing environment with Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design’s (DJCAD) latest Masters in Fine Art.

Launching September 2021, this highly interdisciplinary Masters allows you to develop your art practice across traditionally medium-defined boundaries, with the opportunity to explore a variety of disciplines. This course embraces all forms of art practices including: media-based sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, audio and video, performance, installation, and (durational) work in the public domain.

Through a stimulating programme of modules, you will build and develop practical making and research skills to explore current attitudes and phenomena in the context of contemporary art practice. And through lively debates, both in physical and digital communities, you’ll strengthen your ability to self‐evaluate through reflective practice and cumulative progression.  

You will build towards a professional skill set that will be transferable within a significant number of roles and professional contexts, including: supporting local or international communities through art and design; working as an arts organiser or as a practicing artist to arrange or curate events; working within galleries, museums and the tourism or heritage sectors; within the creative industries as designers or artists.

Another highly disciplinary Masters’ is the MFA Art and Humanities course, which combines studio art with Masters level modules in humanities, such as Philosophy, English and Film Studies. Here you’re encouraged to work across a wide variety of media, making use of the broad range of workshops onsite, such as printmaking, bronze-casting or the digital media lab. This course allows you to tailor your study and submit a major written dissertation or take part in an exhibition of creative work as your final project.  

About Duncan Jordanstone College of Art & Design
The University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design has a rich and creative history spanning over 130 years. Number one in Scotland for art and design (Complete University Guide 2021), DJCAD is the creative heart of the University of Dundee. Situated within the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, Dundee has creativity installed at its heart, with the international centre of design, V&A Dundee, on its doorstep.  

We have a proud tradition of producing graduates who go on to achieve greatness in their chosen fields. Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz and nominees David Mach, Louise Wilson and Luke Fowler have all studied here. Other notable alumni include photographer Albert Watson, fashion designer Hayley Scanlan, film director David Mackenzie, video games pioneer Aaron Garbut, artist Jack Morrocco, and colouring book queen Johanna Basford.

All teaching staff are closely connected to their respective industries. They are active practitioners within their field, exhibiting their work individually or within national and international collections in many of the world’s leading museums and galleries, including the V&A, TATE and MoMA, New York.

World-class facilities
Spacious studios, 12 workshops, galleries, pottery wheels, 3D printers, industrial knitting machines, digital labs, green screens, a foundry, milling machines, wood turners, lithography tools, darkrooms, laser cutters, a fully stocked art store and a library that’s home to over 60,000 books make up the incredible array of facilities at DJCAD.